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Q: Looking for 2D artificial data to demonstrate properties of clustering algorithms I am looking for datasets of 2 dimensional datapoints (each datapoint is a vector of two values (x,y)) following different distributions and forms. Code to generate such data would also be helpful. I want to use them to plot / visualise how some clustering algorithms perform. Here are some examples:

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*star like cloud data

*four clusters, one easy seperable

*a spiral (no cluster)

*a ring

*two barely seperated clouds

*two parallel clusters forming a spiral

*... etc

A: Here are some datasets designed exactly for this task:
The Fundamental Clustering Problem Suite by Ultsch

A: This toy clustering benchmark contains various data sets in ARFF format (could be easily converted to CSV), mostly with ground truth labels. The benchmark should validate basic desired properties of clustering algorithms. Most of the data sets comes from the clustering papers like:

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*BIRCH - Zhang, Tian, Raghu Ramakrishnan, and Miron Livny. "BIRCH: an efficient data clustering method for very large databases." ACM SIGMOD Record. Vol. 25. No. 2. ACM, 1996.

*CURE - Guha, Sudipto, Rajeev Rastogi, and Kyuseok Shim. "CURE: an efficient clustering algorithm for large databases." ACM SIGMOD Record. Vol. 27. No. 2. ACM, 1998.

*Chameleon - Karypis, George, Eui-Hong Han, and Vipin Kumar. "Chameleon: Hierarchical clustering using dynamic modeling." Computer 32.8 (1999): 68-75.

*The Fundamental Clustering Problem Suite - Ultsch, A.: Clustering with SOM: U*C, In Proc. Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps, Paris, France, (2005) , pp. 75-82

*MOCK - Handl, Julia, and Joshua Knowles. "An evolutionary approach to multiobjective clustering." Evolutionary Computation, IEEE Transactions on 11.1 (2007): 56-76.

*Robust path-based spectral clustering - Chang, Hong, and Dit-Yan Yeung. "Robust path-based spectral clustering." Pattern Recognition 41.1 (2008): 191-203.

A: R comes with a lot of datasets, and it looks like it would not be a big deal to reproduce most of the examples you cited with few lines of code. You may also find the mlbench package useful, in particular synthetic datasets starting with mlbench.*. Some illustrations are given below.

You will find additional examples by looking at the Cluster Task View on CRAN. For example, the fpc package has a built-in generator for "face-shaped" clustered benchmark datasets (rFace).

Similar considerations apply to Python, where you will find interesting benchmark tests and datasets for clustering with the scikit-learn.
The UCI Machine Learning Repository hosts a lot of datasets as well, but you're better off simulating data yourself with the language of your choice.

A: ELKI comes with a couple of data sets (check also the unit tests, they contain many more than those on the web site, along with parameter settings).
It also includes a fairly flexible data generator.

A: Here is a customizable cluster generator. It only addresses a certain class of data sets, but it can surely be used for cluster algorithm investigations.
Here is an example of the kind of clusters it can create:

Cluster affiliation is saved in a text file. The code is open source under MIT license.

A: This Matlab script generates 2D data for clustering. It accepts several parameters so that the generated data is within user requirements.

A: I can't believe that nobody has mentioned Fisher's Iris data.
I don't think I've seen a clustering technique that doesn't use the iris data as an example.
In r, just type "iris" to access the data.
Here's an example of a nice (and typical) iris plot:
http://ygc.name/2011/12/24/ml-class-7-kmeans-clustering/


To have a joy-fueled classroom you need to be able to work in partnership with the students you teach. In order to do this you need to know who they are as individuals. What attributes does each student bring into your room each lesson? What do they have to contribute to the learning landscape?
This year I started at a new school. To begin with, I knew nothing about the kids in my classes, so in an attempt to get to know them better I asked them to tell me who they were via paper dolls (for my drama kids) and messenger doves (for my RE kids). They were asked to tell me why they chose drama, what their strengths and weaknesses were, how they learnt best, words to describe themselves and interesting facts. I know so much about my kids now and their expressions of self are plastered over my classroom walls. I love these paper beings!
In addition to this creative task, my students were each asked to complete an online Multiple Intelligence Quiz so that I could find out what type of learner they are. It gives me a great indication of both their strengths and weaknesses in the classroom. I use the Birmingham Grid for Learning's Multiple Intelligence Quiz. Try it out. I can guarantee you will be surprised by some of the results.


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New York Times Paints False Picture of Funds' Emerging Market Investments
By Mike McNamee
With the global market turmoil over the past week, it's no surprise that journalists are looking for hot stories of panic, investor flight, and impending crisis. Either they believe that investors are inherently flighty and panic-prone, or they believe that "this time is different" and investors who have not panicked before will panic now.
(And if a reporter can't come up with stories of heedless flight, rest assured that her editor will keep sending her back until she does.)
The search for panic was on full display on the front page of the Sunday New York Times. "Investors Race to Escape Risk in Global Bonds" blindly repeats myths and falsehoods about mutual funds, the behavior of their investors, and investment in emerging markets. It paints a false picture of the role of mutual funds in market turmoil—and it does so without offering a single corrective voice from the fund industry.
In an email exchange, reporter Landon M. Thomas Jr. said his story is "giving voice to this debate" on "whether the large positions taken by fixed-income managers in illiquid bonds poses a serious risk to the market." If only it did.
Instead, the Times piece gives voice to one side of that debate—the side promoted by banking regulators. The side that trades in conjecture and speculation rather than facts. The side that has consistently failed to deliver sound data or historical experience to back up its claims.
The Times article repeats many of the errors we've seen so often:
Did U.S. mutual funds "fuel rapid growth in developing countries"? It's hard to see that. In June, U.S. and European regulated funds combined held $441 billion, or 3.9 percent, of $11.2 trillion in outstanding emerging market bonds. That's weak fuel. Even measured against the "free float" of debt available to trade, funds' holdings amount to 14.7 percent—significant but not controlling.
Did investors "ask to be repaid all at once" in 2008? No. Outflows from U.S. bond mutual funds in the last four months of 2008 totaled only 3.7 percent of those funds' assets.
Are fund investors "fickle"? No. Research shows that U.S. and European funds are among the most stable foreign investors in emerging markets. In fact, the International Monetary Fund reports that banks' flows in and out of emerging markets are much more volatile than those from portfolio (stock and bond) investors—contradicting the Times' statement that banks "were less likely to cut and run." (See Figure 4.9 in this report.)
Will redemptions from mutual funds immediately force the funds to sell assets? No. Regulated funds don't have to resort to asset sales to manage redemption requests. They have a wide range of tools at their disposal.
One-sided reporting does not advance the debate over financial stability or serve the interests of the 90 million Americans using mutual funds to help meet their financial goals. When the Times returns to this debate, let's hope it listens to both sides.
Mike McNamee is ICI's chief public communications officer.
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EA Set To Remove Washington Pro Football Team's Name In 'Madden 21'
Madden NFL 21 is scheduled for release on August 25th.
On Monday the Washington football team announced that after years of insisting on using a racial slur as its name, it will rebrand ahead of the upcoming season. While establishing a new name and logo for a pro sports team in just a few months is already a gargantuan task, it also impacts the next release of EA's Madden NFL game.
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In a statement given first to Kotaku, the company confirmed "Changes to the name and logo will come via title updates that will download automatically." They won't be able to change every instance of the name right away, but the first changes should tweak the game's commentary, uniforms, stadium art, and similar areas.
With the new name still TBD — ESPN reports an announcement will happen "soon" — EA will first update Madden with a generic Washington name and logo, then replace things again with whatever the team decides it will use now. Madden NFL 21 is scheduled for release on August 25th.
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The national football league is undoubtedly the most popular sport in the United States. It's also the most dangerous.
"Concussions, are without question, the biggest if you will black cloud over what is America's greatest game." Nick Lowery, a hall of fame kicker from the Kansas City Chiefs, is in Tucson to speak on bullying, and also raise awareness about how one Ivy League school is working to reduce the number of concussions in the NFL.
"It's called mobile virtual player, or m-v-p, robotic tackling dummy. Which allows that no teammate ever has to tackle another teammate ever again, says Lowery." Developed by the Dartmouth football coach and Lowery's former college teammate, Buddy Teevens, the M-V-P, over the last 5 years, has cut concussions by 60%, and injuries by 80%.
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Naylor's Kickoff: Quarterback injuries alter CFL landscape
July 04, 2019 News, CFL Playoffs, Grey Cup, BC Lions
Dave Naylor
TSN Football Insider
Starting quarterback is the most important position in all of professional sports and also the most vulnerable.
It's why, given the nature of football, a team's fortunes can change on any play.
That volatility has been on full display early this CFL season, with four starting quarterbacks sidelined less than a month into the schedule.
There is simply no greater obstacle in sports for a team to overcome than the loss of a starting quarterback, both from a psychological and practical point of view.
The stakes of losing a No. 1 pivot to injury in the CFL have never been higher. The recent salary inflation of the position has forced teams to commit a greater percentage of their payrolls to one player.
Of course, sometimes the guy waiting in the wings can provide a surprise, as Saskatchewan's Cody Fajardo has demonstrated during his two starts since replacing Zach Collaros, or Calgary's Nick Arbuckle did in rallying the Stampeders for a surprising comeback win over the BC Lions on Saturday.
But the mere fact that half of the teams heading into Week 4 could be starting backups demonstrates the significant amount of risk at play in every game.
Here's a breakdown of the situation and implications of the starting quarterback injuries across the league.
Saskatchewan: Collaros placed on six-game injury list after Week 1, replaced by Fajardo
Collaros was a giant question mark heading into this season, given his injury history and the fact that his first season Saskatchewan didn't measure up to expectations.
Collaros saw action in 14 games last season for the Roughriders but threw just nine touchdown passes against 13 interceptions, ending the season with his second head injury of the year. The fact that he suffered another concussion on the third play of this season, before any sort of evaluation of his play could occur, only deepens the mystery surrounding his future.
Collaros has said in the past that he'd want to play until a doctor told him he couldn't. But views can change. As for the Roughriders management, which has to turn to the cold, hard reality of winning football games, Fajardo has been a revelation.
Viewed mostly as a change-of-pace or short-yardage quarterback, he was overtaken by McLeod Bethel-Thompson on Toronto's depth chart at the end of the 2017 season. His 790 yards passing the past two weeks is not only a Roughrider record for a quarterback in his first two starts with Saskatchewan but also roughly twice as many yards as he'd thrown for during his first three years in the league.
His nearly 10,000 yards passing in college suggest this may not be a fluke, and that the Roughriders may have stumbled onto something the Argos and BC Lions missed. It's hard to think the Riders won't ride this as long as they can, even if Collaros does come back healthy this summer.
From an economic point of view, the Riders are better off having Collaros injured than serving as a backup, where his salary would count against the cap. That, combined with needing to be cautious with his injury, could be why they might be in no hurry to move him back onto the roster.
Toronto: James Franklin to be placed on six-game injured after Week 3, to be replaced by Bethel-Thompson
It's the exact same scenario as one year ago when Franklin struggled and was replaced by Bethel-Thompson, although in 2018 it was strictly performance-related.
We'll never know if Toronto was considering a quarterback change after scoring just two touchdowns and a pair of field goals during its first two games of the season, but the sense is the club wasn't that down on Franklin and that he would have kept his job had he not torn his hamstring in Saturday's loss to Saskatchewan.
The starting job now falls to a 30-something backup with more career interceptions than touchdowns and whose play seemed to deteriorate during the back half of last season. If Bethel-Thompson is ever to prove he can be a CFL starting quarterback, now would be a good time for the Argos.
But it won't be easy. After facing the 0-3 Lions, who lost to Calgary last week despite Mike Reilly having a superb game, the Argos are on the road for games at Winnipeg, Calgary and Edmonton before returning to host Winnipeg and Edmonton. That's five straight games against teams that are a combined 5-2 after Week 3.
There is reason to believe that Franklin's chance to be the successful starting quarterback of the Argonauts may have passed. Follow this thinking: If the Argos are still in the hunt when Franklin is ready to play again, he isn't likely to get his job back since Bethel-Thompson would have played well enough to keep the job. If they are out of it, it won't really matter if Franklin gets his job back because there won't likely be a third season for him or Bethel-Thompson in double-blue.
Calgary: Bo Levi Mitchel leaves Week 3 game against B.C. during the fourth quarter, replaced by Arbuckle
The Stamps aren't willing to concede Mitchell will miss his first start due to injury since 2014 this week, with head coach Dave Dickenson insisting that not practising doesn't necessarily mean his quarterback won't play.
Mitchell is getting a second opinion on an injury to the pectoral muscle on his throwing side, one that apparently wasn't all bad news based on the first opinion. It would seem to behoove the Stampeders to let Mitchell get fully healthy, even if it's not his nature to sit.
And it's not as if the offence went cold Saturday night when Arbuckle entered the game, spectacularly rallying his team with 15 points in the final 1:30 of the game in a 36-32 victory.
The second-year quarterback was 9 for 9 for 93 yards and two touchdowns – one rushing and one passing. That had to grab the attention of the rest of the league, especially since Arbuckle is due to become a free agent at the end of this season.
Could the Stamps survive a long-term injury to Mitchell? The temptation is to say "of course" until you consider that this is a far cry from the team that won the Grey Cup last November.
Roughly half the starting defence from last season is gone, lost either to CFL free agency or the NFL. And with DaVaris Daniels (Edmonton) and Marken Michel (Philadelphia) stripped from the receiving unit, losing Mitchell for any significant period might put the Stamps run of regular-season dominance in jeopardy.
Montreal: Antonio Pipkin placed on six-game injury list following Week 1, replaced by Vernon Adams
It was a neck-and-neck quarterback battle in training camp between Pipkin and Adams, both of whom backed-up Johnny Manziel at various times a year ago.
Pipkin showed flashes of potential last season, while Adams is in his second go-around in Montreal, following stops in Saskatchewan and Hamilton, after originally being property of the BC Lions.
Adams is one of those players who may be running out of chances to prove he can be a No. 1 in the CFL. The Alouettes are desperate to find an answer at quarterback, but Adams' 14-of-24 performance with a touchdown and an interception last week against Hamilton isn't the kind of game that's going to make people think the carousel will stop with him.
If he struggles, it's possible Brandon Bridge or Matthew Shiltz could get a chance before Pipkin is ready to return. But if Adams can earn the Als some wins and show improvement along the way, he could extend his shot at becoming their guy.
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Starting a Dialogue between Social Semiotics and Complexity Theory
We recently published Making Signs, Translanguaging Ethnographies edited by Ari Sherris and Elisabetta Adami. In this post the editors introduce us to the book and its unique Bricolage and Talmudic sections.
Preparing this volume has been a work of encounters which gave way to layers of experiences and we hope is just one possible opening to a new way of thinking about how we make and interpret meaning. It started as a serendipitous encounter between the two of us, when we met once at a symposium on translanguaging and ethnography and later began conversations on the possibilities of crossing perspectives, in an attempt at starting a dialogue between social semiotics and complexity theory. The experiences of the volume's contributors form additional layers at the core of this volume from ethnographic/documentary linguistics, sociolinguistics, linguistic landscape, and multimodality (broadly conceived). The volume is also a site of encounters among four theorists of what we envisage as among the most innovative and promising perspectives on research and activism across inclusive approaches to communication, language and education with a Bricolage piece asking Jan Blommaert, Ofelia García, Gunther Kress and Diane Larsen-Freeman to answer ten key questions and trace interrelations with each other's viewpoints.
Besides the eye-opening preface by Jeff Bezemer and Gunther Kress, and the introduction written by us, the volume hosts seven chapters presenting empirical studies that relocate margins at the centre, through investigations of phenomena and settings that have been little explored so far, and by attempting various entanglements between approaches that have rarely been combined. Research of and through these uncharted entanglements allows the authors (and hopefully the readers) to show how observing and documenting domains of communication that are often neglected can not only problematize traditional ways of knowing, but also shed new light onto social interaction, meaning-making and human communication as a whole.
Finally, the volume attempts at stretching the boundaries of (the often too limiting) academic genres. It does so first and foremost in the Bricolage; the process of its making has been a wonderfully enriching enterprise, for us, the editors, and (we like to believe) for the four theorists too, who had never met on (screen and) paper before. Working with them at the Bricolage, we have not only had further proof of the immense intellectual value of Diane, Gunther, Jan and Ofelia, but also experienced the immensely humane, thoughtful and caring characters of the four. We hope that the Bricolage may be the first of a series opening a new genre enabling academic dialogue through joint forms of writing. A second genre innovation is in the final chapter of the book, in which we draw from the Talmudic tradition to construct commentaries to each of the empirical chapters that add additional layers, imagined next steps in meaning-making and interpretation. The commentaries ask themselves how these studies would be reframed and (re)investigated further by adopting a social semiotic and a complexity theory perspective. This, too, is an attempt to start a dialogue between two approaches that have good grounds for potential mutual integration and yet had not met until now. We hope this dialogue will continue further with those who read the book. We look forward to hearing from you!
Elisabetta Adami e.adami@leeds.ac.uk
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'Don Giovanni' lecture-recital brings together musical artists and humanists
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Photo above, from left: Dr. John Karr, Dr. Maria Briggs and Limuel Forgey
~ By Lisa Maria Boyles, communications specialist for the College of Arts and Humanities
Spanish and voice students took their learning outside of the traditional classroom and into Fresno State's Concert Hall on Friday, for a cross-disciplinary lecture-recital that examined Mozart's "Don Giovanni."
This collaborative effort between the Department of Music and the Department of Modern and Classical Languages and Literatures combined operatic singing, lecture and a question-and-answer segment in a 50-minute class performance.
Spanish Professor Dr. María Dolores Morillo López worked with music history Professor Dr. John Karr to provide historical context. Voice and opera Professor Dr. Maria Briggs (soprano) and master's student Limuel Forgey (baritone) performed several musical numbers from the 1787 opera, accompanied on piano by Drew Quiring.
"The whole thing was Dr. Morillo's idea," Briggs said. "This presentation is part of her class where she is teaching the students about the history of Don Juan and various treatments by different authors and genres."
Morillo's Spanish 148T class "The Myth of Don Juan: From El Bulador de Sevilla to the Present" examines the evolving image of the man across geographic, linguistic and artistic boundaries.
"The course explores the different dimensions of the character of Don Juan in the arts, such as literature, music, painting and film, while exerting a critical gaze from other disciplines' perspectives such as gender, psychology and Latina/o studies," Morillo said. "As part of this interdisciplinary approach, I reached out to and teamed up with colleagues from the College of Arts and Humanities."
Morillo is involving other colleagues as well. French Professor Dr. Natalie Muñoz talked to Morillo's students about Molière's "Dom Juan." English Professor Dr. J. Ashley Foster and theatre Professor Dr. Gina Sandi-Diaz will introduce the class to Sylvia Townsend Warner's "After the Death of Don Juan" and Carlos Morton's "Johnny Tenorio," respectively.
"It is proving to be an amazing opportunity for my students to get to know different faculty members across our College and their research; see first-hand their artistic and academic talents, and be able to relate to the different artistic expressions, styles, aesthetic movements, etc. through this controversial but universal character, Don Juan Tenorio."
Associate Dean Honora Chapman likes events like these that create intersections between the college's different disciplines:
"The College is delighted to see that this event in connection with a course has brought together both artists and humanists to explore the meaning of the Don Juan tale across genres, nations and time."
Another such interdisciplinary event will take place next month. "Voice and Silence: Women in Opera and Philosophy" will present a lecture recital featuring Briggs and Dr. Tina Botts of the Department of Philosophy. Botts and Briggs will explore the ways women use their voices and are silenced in the fields of philosophy and opera.
"Women in Opera and Philosophy" is part of this year's Center for Creativity and the Arts theme, Voice and Silence.
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What is Retro Fighters? – The Retro Fighters controller for N64 is a modern take on the N64 controller. We wanted to remake the N64 controller with next generation features and designs!
What's Different? – We changed some things to make the N64 controller more ergonomic and a new modern way to play. First we added a very comfortable modern analog stick. We also made the "C" buttons slightly larger for games that use the "C" buttons for more than just camera angles, i.e. Smash Brothers, etc. The shape of the controller is very comfortable and fits naturally in both hands with easy access to all the buttons.
We added two "Z" buttons and repositioned them right below the shoulder buttons, this allows to use either your right or left hand to use the "Z" button. A turbo button was added for games where you might need a little extra help. The D-pad features zero "deadzone" or sensitivity/response issues.
It would have cost us a lot more time and money to come up with a controller with both N64 and USB functionality, the software and time to do so would have been too long to complete and too costly. However, If you do want to use the N64 controller for PC, it is possible, there are several cheap adapters in the market that you can purchase online to play the N64 Retro Fighters Controller with your PC / MAC / or RetroPie etc. If this Kickstarter is successful, we plan to release a 2nd USB version of this controller.
Cost – We wanted to keep the cost down as much as possible, yet not skimp on quality, we are essentially passing on the savings to our backers to get this product made. We are selling these versions at $20 each.
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Grammys name Arvada West High School teacher finalist for music educator award
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The Recording Academy has named an Arvada West High School music teacher one of their 10 finalists for the Grammy given to the Music Educator of the Year.
Chris Maunu, Choral Director at Arvada West, has been nominated for the award for the third time. This Grammy recognizes educators who have made significant contributions in the classroom and have committed to keeping music education in schools.
Students at the school nominated Maunu, who is in his 14th year there. He is one of 10 finalists out of nearly 1,000 entries from across the United States.
Maunu received a $1,000 stipend, as well as a $1,000 matching grant for Arvada West's music program for the nomination. The award winner receives a $10,000 prize and a $10,000 matching grant for their music program.
The Music Educator Award will be presented in January.
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La polieterimida (nom comercial Ultem, General Electric Plastic, EUA) és un polímer de la família dels termoplàstics. Es troba entre els polietersulfones i els poliamides i polifluorcarbons. Deriva de la molècula de N-fenil-4-nitroftalimida i la sal disòdica bifenol A. Per a la seva obtenció, es porten a terme diverses condensacions i fusions policondensades amb una diamina aromàtica en un extrusor ventilat a temperatures entre 200 i 290 °C. La policondensació s'accelera amb el catalitzador: NaCl o Fe₂(SO₄)₃. S'usen per a carcasses d'interruptors d'alta tensió, connectors, components del forn microones, flux tires de soldadura resistents terminals, components de transmissió, pistons i parts del cilindre de fre, carcasses de carburador, fars, campanes de seguretat de les aeronaus, clips de cinturó de seguretat, cables, rodaments, engranatges, paletes per a bombes.

Propietats
 Molt alta resistència (fins i tot quan no està reforçat).
 Alta rigidesa i duresa.
 Alta temperatura de distorsió tèrmica.
 Alta temperatura de servei (170 °C).
 Gran resistència dielèctrica.
 Les seves propietats dielèctriques romanen gairebé constants en un ampli interval de temperatura i freqüència.
 Transparent, color ambre.
 Baix coeficient d'expansió tèrmica.
 Alta resistència als productes químics i la hidròlisi.
 Alta resistència a la intempèrie.
 Alta resistència a la iradiació.
 Baixa inflamabilitat (V-0-0,76 mm) i de baixa emissió de fums.
 Processabilitat econòmica.

Propietats mecàniques
El comportament a curt termini a baixa velocitat de deformació: l'estructura del polieterimida dona lloc a una molt alta resistència i rigidesa. Temperatures de transició: l'alta rigidesa i bona estabilitat dimensional a temperatures elevades. Elevada temperatura de transició vítria (217 °C) i graus de desenvolupament elevats (230 °C) en la gamma 6000. Comportament de fluència sota tensió uniaxial: l'alt nivell de les propietats mecàniques es manté fins i tot en l'exposició prolongada a temperatures elevades. Comportament a alta velocitat de deformació: el material no reforçat posseeix una força d'impacte adequada, tot i que és susceptible al tall, com la seva resiliència, relativament baixa, indica.

Comportament sota vibracions: el límit de fatiga de graus de l'Ultem correspon a la dels termoplàstics en general. La fricció i el desgast: el grau de l'Ultem 4000 és particularment adequat per a aplicacions que requereixen una alta resistència al desgast, per exemple, coixinets i bombes rotatives de paletes.

Propietats tèrmiques
El baix coeficient d'expansió lineal facilita el muntatge amb materials metàl·lics.

Propietats elèctriques
Les propietats dielèctriques són favorables i l'alta resistivitat de volum de polieterimides són constants en una àmplia gamma de temperatures. Amb prou feines es veuen afectats per influences del medi ambient. Aquesta propietat és important per a les aplicacions electròniques o per als components per microones. S'utilitza en aplicacions en què el material ha d'absorbir el mínim possible d'energia elèctrica en forma de calor.

Propietats químiques
Resistència a productes químics: PEI és molt resistent als àcids minerals i solucions salines, solucions aquoses alcalines (pH <9), anticongelant, lubricants d'automòbils i d'aviació, combustibles i productes de neteja, alcohols, tetraclorur de carboni i èter. Té limitada la resistència a les cetones. No és resistent a cloroform, acetat d'etil, MEK, tricloroetà i diclorur de metilè. PEI és molt resistent a la hidròlisi.

Esquerdament per tensió: com tots els materials resistents a les altes temperatures, el polieteramida només té una resistència limitada a l'esquerdament per tensió. Els graus reforçats amb fibra de vidre són superiors a graus no reforçats. Inflamabilitat: el foc dels PEI és bo. En incidents de foc, polieterimida emet només una petita quantitat de fum. Els gasos de combustió contenen principalment CO, CO2 i aigua. La toxicitat dels gasos de fum és similar als de la fusta.

Bibliografia
 Domininghaus, H., Plastics for Engineers. Materials, Properties, Applications. Ed. Hanser. Barcelona, 1993.
 Peña Andrés, Javier. Selección de materiales en el proceso de diseño. Barcelona; Ediciones CGP, 2009

Plàstics


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Q: PHP/MySQL Statements. How do I turn this into a prepared statement? $query = 'INSERT INTO user_answer (facebook_id, answer_id) VALUES (' . $i . ',' . $randAnswer . ')';
$dbh->exec($query);

I have this code, and now am required to turn it into a prepared statement using PDO::bindValue() and maybe PDO::prepare(). Looking at the examples, I'm not sure how to go about this. Where does the :name come from and why are you putting it in the bindValue part?

A: In your case it would look something like this:
$st = $dbh->prepare("INSERT INTO user_answer (facebook_id, answer_id) VALUES (:facebook_id, :answer_id)");

$st->execute(array('facebook_id' => $i, 'answer_id' => $randAnswer));

You might want to read a tutorial or two to get an idea how to use PDO effectively. The PDO documentation is also pretty good.
The general idea here is to put in things like :name where the name value goes, and then pass in an array that defines what name maps to.

A: it looks way better without useless labels
$query = 'INSERT INTO user_answer (facebook_id, answer_id) VALUES (?,?)';
$stmt  = $dbh->prepare($query);
$stmt->execute(array($i,$randAnswer));

At least your query fits into screen.

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David McNally was the director of Coyote Ugly and Kangaroo Jack.
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McNally's attack on Proudhon (and anarchism in general) for being "anti-democratic" is somewhat ironic.
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David's mission is straightforward and clear: To provide people with the knowledge, skills and inspiration to perform at their best.
David's books have been translated into several different languages and developed into films and corporate training programs that have been released in over 20 countries.
McNally admits he was "very surprised" and "extremely flattered" at the ad's inclusion as a finalist.
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McNally: ZEVEX is positioned in three very large markets, and those markets are as follows: The first is enteral nutrition delivery, for people who must receive their nutrition directly into the stomach or intestines.
McNally: Particularly, there are three major points that I would like to leave a potential investor with.
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While a variety of approaches were employed, it is useful to start with David Harvey's distinction between two strategies of crisis prevention: temporal displacement and spatial displacement.
David Harvey, The Condition of Postmodernity (Cambridge, MA; Blackwell, 1989), pp.
Also important in this regard is David Harvey, The Limits to Capital (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1982).
David Schlessinger, an expert on aging,discusses the impact the Genome Project will have on preventing the onset of many diseases of old age.
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The actor David McNally was born on September 27 1961 in the country Canada.
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David's films and employee development programs are used internationally to help companies prepare their employees for an ever more competitive and complex future.
Relevance is something we earn based on the importance others place on what we do for them and by their judgment of how well we do it.
David J. McNally, Antony J. Davie : Two Models For Integrating Persistence and Lazy Functional Languages.
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The unjustness of George W. Bush's war against Iraq is understood by millions of people around the world.
That's why we need a grassroots movement of youth, workers, the poor and the oppressed that will create its own global solidarity against war, racism and imperialism.
Director David McNally ( "Coyote Ugly") falls back far too often on the repetition of animal flatulence gags and shots of his heroes off-roading their Jeep down steep embankments while yelling "aaaaaarrrrrrhhh!"
And McNally hardly bothers with anything but the most elementary plot advancement.
Their misadventures while getting the money back -- before the mob comes looking for them -- comprise the rest of the movie, and the results are hit or miss.
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The tournament is organised by US sports agency Champions World and David McNally, Celtic's head of sales and marketing, says it will further raise his club's profile in North America.
David McNally is a Certified Management Consultant and a Fellow of the Institute of Management Consultants.
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Michelle investigates the case, when in the meantime Teevee is arrested and settled in prison.
------------------------------------------------------------------------- from http://chat.carleton.ca/~ecunning/socialist/mcnally.html ('SOCIALISM FROM BELOW', by David McNally, New Socialist Group, Canada): 3: THE MYTH OF ANARCHIST LIBERTARIANISM ANOTHER RADICAL doctrine developed during the period of the 1830s--anarchism.
anyway, it is rather odd that the draper and mcnally texts sound so similar -- in fact, on closer inspection, i suspect a bit of plagiarism (probably on mcnally's part, since i think draper is an older figure).
Anarchism is often considered to represent current of radical thought that is truly democratic and libertarian.
Tracing the fate of revolutionary socialism through the past 100 years, David McNally shows that there are two currents in the socialist tradition.
One is "socialism from above," that of the "leave to us" reformers in the West and the anti- democratic bureaucracies of the East.
With his bestselling book "Even Eagles Need A Push, " David McNally helped hundreds of thousands successfully navigate the downsizing and restructuring that pervaded the early 1990s.
Offering a lively mix of self quizzes, provocative questions, and prescriptive exercises, "The Eagle's Secret" addresses the fundamental questions of success.
As one of our top leaders put it: David McNally was eloquent and elegant.
He said: "I've read his book and understand the concept.
"Jerry and Anthony had such strong chemistry together," McNally reports.
He'd be much better off applying himself in a real job instead of concocting fantastic schemes, but he can't help thinking that he's always on the brink of striking it rich.
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David McNally (Canadian Marxist), the group's founder, was ousted by Professor Abigail Bakan of Queen's University in Kingston and Paul Kellogg, editor of Socialist Worker.
McNally and his supporters became increasingly marginalised and increasingly critical of the direction of the IS and of Bakan in particular.
McNally's slate was defeated at the IS's national convention and he soon resigned from the steering committee.


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The Economist. Saturday, 4 January 1975.
Page 3. Vol 254, issue 6854.
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The Economist. Saturday, 25 December 1976.
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The Economist. Saturday, 8 January 1977.
Pages 31,32. Vol 262, issue 6958.
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The Economist. Saturday, 22 January 1977.
Pages 4,6. Vol 262, issue 6960.
The Economist. Saturday, 5 February 1977.
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The Economist. Saturday, 5 March 1977.
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The Economist. Saturday, 7 May 1977.
Pages s7-s11. Vol 263, issue 6975.
When histories of the world's change of millennium and youth's most exciting goals are told, probably the most amazingly graceful story of them all will be how starting in 1996 the world's poorest women elected to invest in Bangladesh becoming the world's leading green technology nation- certainly the prospects of Asia Pacific Century 1976-2075 depended on Bangladesh' tralibalzing contributions to grassroots networking of the knowledge economy and the twiining of investments in this with Japan's love of nature thanks to social business stockmarkets.
Nearly 30 years ago I helped my father, deputy editor of The Economist, with a futures book on what the net generation could connect between 1984-2024. As a leading economist, my father was keen to stress that one of two opposite futures would compound as the worldwide faced the greatest changes ever : to be the best century for all children to be born, or the least sustainable one. Mathematically, the likelihood of an in-between endgame is most unlikely.
So far you can see both futures happening though the majority of richest nations are spinning the wrong way as they are clearly disinvesting in youth. The most exciting birth of 40 year old nation ever to be witnessed is Bangladesh whose poorest have been the most courageous investors in youth.
I will come back to more details but here is a brief outline for those who are curious to animate the which way round debate : spinning local to global or global to local?
Microenergy in Bangladesh is starting to show the advantage of not making a globally wrong decision. One bank for the poor is doubling solar unit installation annually expecting to celebrate its millionth by end of 2011. Why did so much of the rich world invest over last 30 years in carbon or nuclear instead of natural energy?
Microhealthcare focuses first on understanding extremely affordable solutions and distributes as much educational knowhow (eg local village nursing) not pushing the vested interests of ever more expensive industries and ever more rarified professional standards. It also keeps ambulance chasing lawyers out of it and makes sure insurance is designed to be pro-youth.
Microeconomics shows the value multipliers of professions that do no evil and were smart enough to clear up the many listed mistakes that 20th C macroeconomics has embedded in systems that can only be ever less sustainable the faster we network system of system connectivity.
BANGI, 13 April 2011 – Prof. Dr Muhammad Yunus who received the Nobel prize for his work in eradicating poverty through microcredit to Bangladesh's poor, has accepted Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia's invitation to be its Laureate-in-Residence (LiR).
Deputy Vice Chancellor (Research and Innovation Affairs) Prof Dr Rahmah Mohamed said Dr Yunus had accepted the offer during their meeting in Dhaka late last month.
"Dr Yunus is an iconic figure and we hope to get him to inspire our students and lecturers when he comes here," she said.
Under the 10th Malaysia Plan, UKM had drawn up a research and innovation strategy at the international level to support the country's New Economic Model.
The strategy underscores the success of UKM in having superior research work that can contribute significantly to bring the country's economic and social development to a higher level in the value chain through an ecosystem that can foster intellectual discoveries, innovations as well as the dissemination and application of knowledge at the global level.
The LiR was thus conceived as an endeavour to assist UKM in producing human capital with first-class mind in research and innovation. The target group of UKM who will benefit from the LiR programme are the academics, graduate and under-graduate students as well as students of the university's school for the gifted.
Prof Muhammad Yunus was selected as the LiR at UKM for his innovation in successfully eradicating poverty among the rural poor in Bangladesh especially women through the microcredit scheme given by his Grameen Bank for which he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006.
As LiR, he is expected to spend one month (cumulatively) a year at UKM where he will deliver a keynote address to UKM, other public universities, the industries and the Malaysian public.


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Sleepy Hollow 2.08: "Heartless"
"Since when has opening our hearts to new possibilities been a complication?"
- Ichabod
I have to give the writers credit for the way this episode opened. Ichabod and Katrina are talking about the nature of love and we're made to think it's just a disagreement but really they are watching a Bachelor knock off reality show. Which is hilarious. Ichabod doesn't want to like it but Katrina knows he's fascinated. She is settling in to the modern era quite well. Katrina knows that it will take time to rebuild the trust between them but they do share a touching moment just as Abbie busts in. She's concerned that it's been a week since they last saw Henry and so she put a trace on his computer activity. I'm not sure exactly what that gets them but he does have a new plans. Also, Abraham is pissed that Katrina is gone and apparently Moloch doesn't want Abraham to go after her. Wow is he whiny. Henry conjures a Succubus who goes out feeding on young club goers before returning to spit out whatever she takes from them into a big jar for Henry. Very weird. But we do learn as our Witnesses examine the crime scene at the club that Ichabod is quite the dancer of classical ballroom dances. Which honestly just cracked me up.
Things are not entirely copasetic back at the archives. Abbie and Ichabod have a rhythm but Katrina tries to help and sort of messes with the flow. Katrina has a weird vision of a beating heart and a crying baby. Ichabod thinks she's been pushed too quickly to use her magic and escorts her back to the cabin, leaving Abbie to order pizza for one. So the Witnesses conduct a little separate research while the Succubus targets a closeted lesbian. After the second crime scene though, they start to put the pieces together. Abbie tries to get some help on ID'ing if it's a mystical artifact that's being used on people by meeting up with Nick for a late night drink but he's fresh out of answers. She declines the offer of a drink and he distracts himself with some other cute women. Just as the Witnesses and Katrina figure out they are up against a Succubus, she hones in on Nick. She can see secret desires and he's clearly got a big one hanging over his head. She convinces him to go back to his boat but I'm guessing he's about to get his ass kicked.
Katrina casts a spell to get them to Nick and they save him before the Succubus can finish what she's started. Things get a tinsy bit awkward when Ichabod notices the way Nick is looking at Abbie. So he kind of brings it up on the drive back to the cabin. He admits he's been distracted lately by his own romantic issues but she doesn't see any way of having a relationship because it's too complicated. Back at the cabin, Katrina is having a nightmare. She's at Frederick's Manor with Henry and there's a baby. She wakes and while Ichabod tries to say he understands that she's feeling the loss of the creature that would be Moloch, she says it's different than the feeling of missing a piece of you when a baby is born. She feels like a part of her is out there somewhere and it's still connected to her. She has a couple more visions, including the Succubus passing the energy she's been collecting into the jar. It seems Henry's plan all along was to get some maternal DNA from Katrina and use the life force energy from the Succubus to bring Moloch into the world this way. I have to give it to the guy, I didn't see that coming.
The gang does a little more research and finds out that in order to kill the Succubus, they have to destroy her heart. So after Abbie and Katrina get into a bit of a shouting match over Katrina's desire to save Henry, they head off to a cemetery to find the heart while Ichabod and Nick go clubbing to seek out the Succubus. Ichabod tries to get Nick's intentions towards Abbie straight but doesn't have much luck because the Succubus appears and they split up. Katrina and Abbie have their own chat about Katrina's worldview disappearing bit by bit and her clinging to what she believes in her heart. Abbie kind of gets it but thinks that there are some things in life even a mother's love can't fix. They find the heart just about the time Ichabod comes face to face with the Succubus. She's trying to lure him in, playing on his doubt towards Katrina. Just as he stabs her, a second hex on the jar that held the heart (which for while presented itself as having rats and maggots in it) activates and knocks Katrina out. It takes both Nick and Ichabod to take out the Succubus and Abbie has to finish the spell but she's defeated eventually. Katrina tells Abbie that with Moloch alive in our world, she needs to go back to Abraham where she will have access to the demon and can strike it down. Ichabod seems to be willing to understand this when Abbie fills him in. He has to trust his wife's skills as a witch and a spy. But that's going to be hard to do when Katrina gazes upon Moloch and sees a little human baby thanks to the power of the necklace Abraham gave her.
I have to say I'm kind of bummed that Katrina chose this path. I get that they need to keep Moloch at bay and this may also give her a shot at swaying Henry but I wanted to see more of her and Ichabod together. We barely got a taste of them settling into this world and this time and I feel a little bit insulted by the writers. I'm sure it all will fit and make sense in the end. I guess we will have to wait and see what happens.
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Microsoft Cloud is first CSP behind the Privacy Shield
Alice Rison Senior Director, Microsoft Azure
Microsoft was proud to become the first global cloud service provider to appear on the Department of Commerce's list of Privacy Shield certified entities as of August 12th 2016. The European Commission adopted The EU-US Privacy Shield Framework on July 12th 2016, replacing the International Safe Harbor Privacy Principles as the mechanism for allowing companies in the EU and the US to transfer personal data across the Atlantic in a manner compliant with the EU data protection requirements. As stated on PrivacyShield.gov,
"The EU-U.S. Privacy Shield Framework was designed by the U.S. Department of Commerce and European Commission to provide companies on both sides of the Atlantic with a mechanism to comply with EU data protection requirements when transferring personal data from the European Union to the United States in support of transatlantic commerce."
Adherence to this framework underscores the importance and priority we at Microsoft put on privacy, compliance, security, and protection of customer data around the globe. A link to Microsoft's statement of compliance can be found here. The Microsoft Cloud offers an array of integrated tools which can enhance an IT professional's productivity, supports a broad spectrum of operating systems, is highly scalable, and can integrate with existing customer IT environments. These highly competitive attributes attract a globally diverse customer population whose compliance needs and regulations we are ready and able to support. Check out the Microsoft Trust Center to learn more about our expansive compliance capabilities including our commitment and compliance with the Privacy Shield Framework.


When Hitler started killing Jews, some Jews benefitting from Hitler were also defending him. It was not long before Hitler came for their heads.
Keep defending evil. Keep defending Nigerian Hitler. The other day it was innocent IPOB Christians. Yesterday it was powerless Middle Belt Christian women and children.
Tomorrow it may be you. You sitting behind the computer in the city of Lagos or Abuja feeling safe. You come home today and see your wife and children, you say to yourself all is well. Your ethnic, political and religious interests have so beclouded your reason that the blood of innocent children and women flowing like a river no longer move you.
You explain it away and tell us that it is not new. It is okay for children and women to be killed because it has happened in the past. I hope it will be okay for your wife and children to be killed because wives and children of other men have been killed in the past.
Keep defending evil because your salary is coming from a murderer. Time will come when your salary will not be enough to buy coffins for your own.
Keep defending evil but remember, the evils that men defend live before not after them.
Pave all roads in Nigeria, give every home tap water, give us steady electricity, share Abacha loot to us, then turn around and kill our daughters, wives and children.
Hitler did same. The Jews of his time also enjoyed German good roads, water and all. But he killed them.
Of what value is electricity, water, good roads and bridges without human life to enjoy them.
Keep defending evil, you may not live to enjoy the good roads.


DFDmoji Request Line - Page 15 - Dat forum, doe.
Does that mean it's good or bad ?!
how is this not an emoji?
is he dead yet? Is that a famous rapper?
Since this forum is now for truks and heeps is there a chance we will modify the logo again?
I had that commissioned by a friend for this website specifically. It's hand-drawn and digitized.
Ill hand draw something. Its not going to be quality by any means. But then its personalized.
We can keep the dogevette.


I-Squared: A Concert of Irish and Italian Music Saturday, March 16th, 2019—7:30 pm Renowned tenors Jim Russell and Matthew Surapine present an evening of Irish and Italian favorites. Tickets are $20, and can be purchased in advance in the Parish Office, beginning on Tuesday, February 19th. Tickets will also be available for sale in the Church Narthex after all masses the weekend of March 9-10, and at the main doors on the evening of the concert.


A practical, hands-on weekend packed with information and skills to repair and deepen your connection. The Imago Couples Workshop will expand your understanding of intimate love relationship and give you and your partner practice with relationship skills that take the guesswork out of creating and sustaining a more fulfilling love for you both.
Getting The Love You Want is a workshop for couples based on Imago Relationship Therapy. Imago makes love make sense. The pain and conflict that inevitably arise in marriage is not out of lack of love for our partners, but, rather, is the result of reactive tendencies and underlying needs unmet and often unrecognized. The Imago process helps couples find the healing and growth opportunity "hidden" in their despair. Paradoxically, impasse or conflict in committed love relationship provides the blueprint we need for the fulfillment we seek. Couples invariably experience "light bulb" moments in this workshop, valuable insights, with a new-found compassion into their partner, themselves and their relationship. And the best part - our workshop gives couples practice with relationship skills to put their insights and compassion into action - practical couple skills you will take with you that support and guide partners in creating safety, experiencing connection, healing pain, transforming conflict into growth and co-creating your relationship to be a more conscious and mutual love that lasts, one of passionate friends.
This workshop is for you and your partner if . . .
Participating in this workshop, you and your partner can expect to . . .
This workshop is open to all couples. The weekend is designed to create a safe and comfortable environment for all particpants. Couples learn Imago's core relationship skill for connection; this powerful dialogue skill is practiced and built upon throughout the weekend. The workshop format includes lecture, demonstration, personal reflection and written exercises, and break-out partner practice sessions. Couples are invited to share with the group to build a supportive atmosphere, however, no one is pressured into unwelcomed self-disclosure. The workshop emphasis is on partners sharing with each other. The workshop is small, limited to four couples. This smaller group size allows for greater group cohesion and gives Laura Jean the opportunity to provide private assistance to each couple in the break-out practice sessions.
Some comments from workshop participants . . .
"We're feeling closer to each other, closer than I think we ever have - something I didn't expect from this workshop."
"I feel like I finally have the tools to create the love relationship I've been longing for all my life."
"We thought divorce was our only option. I want to tell everyone - do it now, don't wait (like we did)! This workshop has restored our connection and given us a clear path - with new hope."
"This is a safe place to work tenderly with your beloved to heal and strengthen your bond."
"I felt we were in the hands of a master - Laura Jean helped my partner and I to reconnect and gave us a real plan to go home with. All with joy, humor and love."
"I have a new perspective; I didn't know my husband was hurting, too. We have a new way of understanding each other and I have hope."
"I was skeptical going in; I thought it was going to be 'he said - she said', but it was nothing like that. No blame. I was pleasantly surprised!"
"Laura Jean has the ability to make you feel instantly safe and the courage to challenge you to stretch through the hardest moments."
"I feel like I have the tools and the reconnection with my wife necessary to make our marriage work."
"I learned more in one weekend than I have learned in six months of couples counseling."
"Laura Jean is a gift to this process. Her kindness and wisdom are amazing. Her joy is contagious."
"This work is the atomic bomb to sloppy, lazy relationships."
"This was a hopeful and empowering experience for me. I'm leaving with a deeper compassion for and connection to both my partner and myself."
"It is an organized solution. It makes sense."
"This workshop has helped revive and refresh our relationship."
"Laura Jean is incredibly real and honest. Her energy is safe, nurturing and encouraging. Her passion is infectious. Her knowledge and love for healing shines through."
"I would never have dreamed I would enjoy and learn so much from this workshop."
"We learned simple, powerful tools for our relationship."
"Thank you for helping us secure our home base. It's hard to be focused and concentrate at our jobs when we feel insecure in our relationship at home. This workshop helped us re-secure our base at home."
"This was the best thing we did for our relationship since getting married!"
Call or email Laura Jean to register and hold your spot!


Our goal is that each child would experience restoration to a life of purpose in which they can become fulfilled and mature followers of Christ; which will empower them to overcome life's challenges & impact their world.
Make Your Mark (MYM) strives to reach out to the forgotten orphans, youth and families of our world. We help meet the basic and eternal needs of those living in poverty. We aim to break the cycles of this tragic issue by pointing them towards Jesus Christ and providing the resources needed to help them be successful in life. Most of them have big dreams and we want to help make those dreams come true. We provide a holistic approach to see children and families succeed in the areas of education, physical and spiritual health, emotional stability and self-sustainability.
We believe God relentlessly pursues the orphans, the poor, the oppressed and He chooses to use His people to accomplish this pursuit. Therefore we know that it is the power of unity within our staff, volunteers and supporters that facilitates a powerful movement to reconcile and heal the broken. We have people on the ground to be the front line sources of hope to the ones God gives us. Our staff is fueled by the deep desires to see each child and family come into a full redemptive life and carry out their God giving missions.
"We will rescue the poor when they cry out; we will help the oppressed, who have no one to defend them."


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BCPVPA eNews | June 4, 2021
Our Home and Native Land
As a young teacher, I organized and planned international travel for the students at my school. My first international trip was to China in 1989, mere weeks before the tragedy of Tiananmen Square. In subsequent years, I travelled with my students several times, visiting South-East Asia, England, and the Mediterranean. And as we travelled, we were readily identified and welcomed as a group of Canadian students by the colours we flew proudly on our backpacks and our baggage.
A stop in the itinerary of our Mediterranean journey was Jerusalem, Israel. With only 48 hours to learn all we could of this country, it was a whirlwind of experience that cannot be recounted in a few paragraphs. However, three moments will forever stay with me, each of them lived at Yad Vashem.
The first is called the Children's Memorial. It is hard to describe, and it is even more difficult to convey its profound impact. Imagine a bridge through a pitch black tunnel. Through pin-hole lights and reflections, the flickering of thousands upon thousands of lights plays across those who walk this bridge in silence. And as visitors walk through this galaxy, name after name after name is quietly uttered into the void.
The second moment that lives with me was spent in the Hall of Remembrance. This structure houses a flame which shall burn eternally, ringed in the mosaic floor by the names of the most infamous sites of killing and extermination, which serve to symbolize the hundreds of such locations. The Hall is a place of reverence and is the final resting place of an unknown number of victims.
The third and most painful moment emerged in an artifact.
It was a single shoe. It had likely belonged to a child of about three years of age. At least, that is the image captured and held in my mind, a memory more than thirty years old. In the way that memory can, the details of my recollection may be transformed by time, but what remains true are the impressions and feelings evoked by this shoe.
The shoe was mounted for display upon a small pedestal which itself sat on a table surface. The tabletop display was fully enclosed in glass so that it could be viewed from all sides. The shoe was old, and had signs of wear. The laces were loose, and the tongue of the shoe was pulled back as if to accommodate a little foot… one foot to represent more than one million. This tiny, fragile shoe left an indelible stamp of horror, pain, and sorrow. This single shoe made concrete the suffering of one sweet life. An unimaginable atrocity had been composed into something a mind can comprehend: one beautiful child, denied life and humanity.
Shoes carry a weighty symbolism. Perhaps the weight comes from the invitation to walk in them, to step inside and imagine the suffering lived or the life denied. The empty shoes of children symbolize a journey cut short with sudden departure, suggesting footprints left behind on the land to mark their passage. They stand in place, holding space for a precious life that should have been protected and treasured. This week, 215 empty pairs of shoes appeared throughout our land, holding space at the steps of government houses and at public galleries. The child's shoe in Jerusalem moved within me a deep sorrow; the empty shoes standing vigil on the steps of the Vancouver Art Gallery left me numb and inarticulate. The emotion I feel is beyond shame, and has only been deepened by the discovery that the children's shoes holding space at the BC Legislature had been removed, likened to the remnants of a protest.
When I visited Israel in my young adult life, I did not know what a residential school was, nor what had happened within them. Mass graves and somber memorials were found in other countries, ones to which Canadians travelled. As I travelled the world with Indigenous students from my own hometown, grieving the inhumanity of other nations, I could not have imagined a day in the future when Canadian flags would be lowered to half-mast… a day that confirmed long-held suspicions, and a mass grave that challenged a national identity and exposed an undeniable truth. Can there be any atonement when compassion afforded one people is denied to another? I do not know. But what is certain is that there can be no reconciliation without the truth, the full truth. And that truth must be owned: Canada is home to mass graves.
In the days since the discovery in Kamloops, I have heard voices speaking defensively, claiming "I didn't do this thing!" These speakers do not understand the nature of their responsibility in the light of knowledge. And we may anticipate greater knowledge as more discoveries at the sites of other residential schools come into that light. With this revealed truth, with this knowledge, comes a responsibility to act. We have 94 Calls to Action: I will end this week with number 75.
We call upon the federal government to work with provincial, territorial, and municipal governments, churches, Aboriginal communities, former residential school students, and current landowners to develop and implement strategies and procedures for the ongoing identification, documentation, maintenance, commemoration, and protection of residential school cemeteries or other sites at which residential school children were buried. This is to include the provision of appropriate memorial ceremonies and commemorative markers to honour the deceased children.
I have sent a letter on behalf of the BCPVPA and our members to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau; the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Indigenous Services; the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations; and the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada that expresses our Association's and members' support of Call to Action number 75. As we all expect to be accountable, so do we expect accountability.
I hope to travel the world again one day. There is optimism that this day may be soon. When I do step out on a journey beyond our land, I will choose to fly our colours on my baggage. I will do so understanding that the Maple Leaf will evoke a different international response, and I will uphold my responsibility to the true story of our nation.
BCPVPA Communications Notes
BCPVPA staff are now working both remotely and in the office.
BCPVPA staff continue to respect the provincial health protocols, and will be incorporating office days to our remote working routines. We are here to support our members: please do not hesitate to contact us, or check our App for updates.
This Week's Highlights
Indigenous History Month
June marks Indigenous History Month! It's a time to celebrate, honour and learn more about the incredible accomplishments, heritage and traditions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. It's also a time to recognize the injustices and trauma of the past and present, and to further our commitment to the 94 Calls to Action, allyship & solidarity. Go to Resources
We mourn for the 215 children who never made it home from the Kamloops Indian Residential School, and we hold space collectively for the Tk'emlúps te Secwépemc community, and Indigenous communities across Canada. For survivors, families and communities, support is available if you need to seek help, counselling or reach a 24/7 crisis line: click here.
The month of June is also Pride Month! Pride Month is a time to celebrate the stories, diversity and accomplishments of LGBTQ2S+ communities and also to raise awareness of historical and ongoing injustices they face. We stand with the LGBTQ2S+ community and strive for equality, safety, justice and inclusion for all. School resources
Thank you for being part of Jean Up!
This May, BCPVPA joined the month-long Jean Up movement in support of BC Children's Hospital Foundation to make jeans a symbol of something way bigger—helping kids get out of their hospital gowns and back into their jeans.
A heartfelt thank you to BCPVPA members for joining us in taking a stand against childhood diseases. Because of your support, this year's Jean Up raised an incredible $308,000 (and counting). Your support will allow experts at BC Children's Hospital to advance innovative research, tailor care to the specialized needs of kids, and comfort families during their toughest days. Not only that, every dollar you raised will make double the impact thanks to Odlum Brown, Jean Up's school match sponsor.
We also want to thank the members who participated in the Jean Up contest sponsored by Mavi. Please join us in congratulating Kelda Logan (SD 64) and Rob Clark (SD 75), our Mavi gift card winners — we can't wait to see your new denim outfits for next year's Jean Up. Thank you to Jean Up's denim partner Mavi for the great support. Don't forget to mark your 2022 school calendar to join the Jean Up movement next year!
Principl(ed) Magazine Survey
We appreciate our readers, and want to hear how we can improve upon our magazine. Thanks for completing this short survey! Survey Link
BCPVPA Thriving in Education Survey Teaser Results
The BCPVPA would like to express our appreciation for your completion of the Thriving in Education Survey. We exceeded our goal of 1,000 responses, all thanks to your participation! Click here to see the demographic and regional breakdown of those that completed the survey. An initial glance at the results clearly illuminates the interesting dichotomy that is the life of an administrator. Driven by purpose, motivated by passion, while willing to give so much in a current environment that is increasingly draining. Read the teaser summary here
We will be sharing a full report on the results in the early Fall with commentary on what recommendations we believe - going forward - will maintain those members who are currently doing well and what can be put in place to enable more members to thrive. Look to the June 11 eNews for more information, and the announcement of the three winners of Dr. Robyne Hanley-Dafoe's book, Calm Within the Storm.
2021 BCPVPA Partnership Awards Media Release
The Summer issue of Principl(ed) magazine is on its way to you – check your mailbox! You can find the Spring issue on our website, with inspiring stories and insights from BCPVPA staff, Principals, Vice-Principals, partners, and friends from across BC. We'd love to hear any feedback or ideas: contact sandra@bcpvpa.bc.ca
View the March 2021 issue here
View individual March 2021 articles here
Revised: Indigenous Cultural Competency Scale
The Indigenous Cultural Competency Scale is a self-assessment tool designed to explore individual cultural competence. The purpose is to help an individual to consider their knowledge, skills, and awareness of 'self' in their interactions with others.
Indigenous Cultural Competency Scale
Learning Activity Guide
Learning Activity Example
Update Regarding LRB Hearing: SEKPVPA
The BC Principals' & Vice-Principals' Association has issued a statement regarding the BC Labour Relations Board (LRB) decision on the application for certification by the Southeast Kootenay Principals' and Vice-Principals' Association (SEKPVPA). Read the statement.
Order BCPVPA Masks for your Chapter
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BCPVPA President: Chapter Visits & Meetings
Darren Danyluk, BCPVPA President, would be delighted to connect with your Chapter through a virtual meeting or town hall this Fall and, should health protocols allow, Darren may be able to begin traveling to communities for visits. If you are interested in having Darren attend a virtual Chapter meeting, please contact Sharon North.
Leading a Culture of Learning Levels 1 & 2
Registration for LCL 1 & 2 is open for 2021-2022 Cohorts! This robust program offers practical learning, connection with other leaders, and opportunities to sharpen your leadership skills. View 2021 -2022 LCL Flyer
Specific dates to be determined (health protocols considered)
LCL 1
In-Person Northern Cohort (Prince George) and Virtual Cohort
In-Person Metro Region
2021 Connecting Leaders Conference
View CL 2021 Event Overview
The 2021 Connecting Leaders Conference: Leading for Equity, hosted by the BCPVPA's Metro Region Chapters, will be happening October 21 – 22, 2021. Leading us in conversation will be Keynote Speakers: Nouman Ashraf, Anna Maria Tremonti, and Candy Palmater.
Each week, we will be sharing books, articles, videos and podcasts to encourage continuing the work of anti-racism and equity, and to deepen our understanding of the history of Black, Indigenous, People of Colour and marginalized communities in Canada. Have a recommendation to share? Please let us know!
Residential Schools: Classroom Resources
View Resource Guides
The Indian Residential Schools and Reconciliation Teacher Resource Guides for grades 5, 10 and 11/12 were developed by the First Nations Education Steering Committee and the First Nations Schools Association. They are a response to the call by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada for education bodies to develop age-appropriate educational materials about residential schools. These unique, BC-specific, resources for grades 5, 10, 11 and 12 use age-appropriate literature, archival resources, and videos to increase students' understanding of the historical context of residential schools and to develop students' awareness about the reconciliation process as a way to move us all forward.
Project of the Heart: Educator Resources
First Nation Child and Family Caring Society
The First Nation Child and Family Caring Society have constructed lesson plans that assist educators that aim to teach about social justice issues. These four levels of guides include campaigns which FNCFCS promote and encourage all Canadians to create awareness and make a difference.
ReFresh: Recess for Your Health
ReFresh is a BCPVPA health resource with simple exercises and information to explore in your breaks at work. ReFresh appears as a Member Update every Wednesday. All ReFresh posts are archived here.
Read the latest ReFresh: Fat That Burns Fat
OpED: Charles Ungerleider
In this week's blog, Charles Ungerleider responds to a reader's question about the impact of COVID-19 on the contribution schools make to 'keeping society on the same page'.
Read the latest blogpost here
Charles Ungerleider is a Professor Emeritus of Education at The University of British Columbia and Managing Partner at Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in the OpED articles are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the BCPVPA.
Is it June already?!
Read Jack's Blog Post
In this blog post, Jack MacNeill from humanworks provides some valuable advice for transitioning to the Summer months, where we can refocus on our own health and wellness after a long school year.
Jack MacNeill is a registered clinical counselor and organizational counselor who has worked in the education sector, specifically with teachers and school leaders, for more than 25 years. He is the founder and president of humanworks consulting group inc. Jack's column appears in eNews the first Friday of each month.
Leadership Skills in Under 5 Minutes
Business or Education: Not So Different
In this month's post, SD 61 Principal, Read Jorgensen, explains why it might be helpful to branch out and learn from business leaders and thinkers, alongside educational leaders. Read Jorgensen is a monthly contributor for BCPVPA's eNews Columns.
Sharing Good News Strengthens Relationships | Dalai Lama Centre
Despite the challenge and chaos of living through an ongoing pandemic, there are moments of goodness in our lives. Sharing good news with our partners, friends, close colleagues, and children is one way to strengthen these vital relationships.
According to research by Dr. Shelley Gable, the key to turning these small moments of goodness into relationship-strengthening gems lies in how we talk about them: frequently, actively, constructively, and responsively. Doing so is directly linked with greater commitment, satisfaction, intimacy, and trust in close relationships. Active Constructive Responding is a powerful practice for amplifying the benefits of positive events in our lives. At its core, Active Constructive Responding is about seeking out positive events and sharing them with others.
Heart-Mind Online Resources explores the art of Active Constructive Responding and offers two activities for practicing this skill: for adults, a "Share Your Highlights Reel", and for children, "Be Good News Detectives". Learn more
The Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF)
This program offers youth the opportunity to gain practical work experience, network, strengthen 21st-century skills, and gain leadership experience while learning about DWF and Canada's true history with residential schools.
Indigenous History Month 2021
For more information, visit DWF Youth Ambassador Program. You can read more about the DWF's Legacy Schools Program in the June issue of Principl(ed) magazine.
In honour of Indigenous History Month, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund is pleased to present a series of four events in celebration of the diversity of Indigenous Peoples across Canada. Throughout the month of June, we will be featuring Indigenous Elders, Knowledge Keepers, artists, and allies from communities coast to coast. Join us on Facebook and Youtube as we come together in hope, unity, and celebration.
Register for Events Here
Call for Survey Participants | University of Victoria
PARTICIPANTS NEEDED
Stories from the River: Exploring British Columbia's Principals' Experiences of Developing their Identities, Capacities, and Agency in Leading Educational Transformation
The objective of this study is to hermeneutically explore and address current gaps in the literature regarding Principals' perspectives on and lived experiences of developing their identities, capacities, and sense of agency while leading increasingly diverse schools through complex transformations and events. The study is seeking 10 volunteer Principals from diverse backgrounds, who are willing to share a few stories of leading their schools through change at three points in time:
a time or event currently, under the conditions of leading schools through a pandemic;
a time or event in the recent past where you were leading changes in your school; and
a time or event from when you first began your career as a Principal or Vice-Principal.
View Confidentiality Form
If you have any concerns about this voluntary and recruitment survey, or the study itself, please contact Leah Taylor, Doctoral Candidate in Educational Psychology and Leadership Studies at the University of Victoria.
COVID-19 Planning Resource: Graduation
Graduation ceremonies qualify as 'educational activities' and are therefore allowed to continue in alignment with the PHO Gathering and Events Order and the K-12 Health & Safety Guidelines. The Government of BC has issued this guiding resource.
Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) Goes Online
Everyday Anxiety Strategies for Educators (EASE) is now available in an electronic format. EASE Online is a collection of free resources and lesson plans for educators to help teach strategies to address anxiety with students in grades K-7. The online version includes six sections with a series of interactive activities including the creation of an action plan to use EASE strategies with students.
The activities are intended to help educators create supportive learning environments for all students. Developed by the Ministry of Children and Family Development in partnership with Anxiety Canada, EASE supports the goals of B.C.'s mental health strategy, A Pathway to Hope, and has been used in B.C. schools since 2019.
Solution Tree Achieve Virtual Institute
Discount Price for BCPVPA Members
Solution Tree Canada is pleased to offer BCPVPA members a preferred price for the upcoming Achieve Virtual Institute this summer.
Achieve Virtual Institute: Promising Practices in Instruction, Assessment and Grading
Delivered live online through Zoom and Elevate platforms
Featuring authors from the Solution Tree Assessment Centre including Canadian educators Tom Schimmer and Katie White
All sessions are delivered live and interactive with recordings available for 60 days after the Institute
The agenda and session descriptions are available to review here
Each attendee will receive a copy of Growing Tomorrow's Citizens in Today'sooms
BCPVPA members registering online can apply Discount Code Leader21 at check-out. If paying by purchase order, please quote "BCPVPA Discount Code Leader21"
*The BCPVPA discount code provides $100 off each registration and cannot be combined with other discounts i.e. team pricing
If you haven't yet signed up for BetterEducate, visit the site and sign up for your free membership
with the promo code BCPVPA123. View Sign-Up Instructions
Johnson Insurance - Scholarship Program
Applications for the 2021 Johnson Scholarship Program are open! Our partner, Johnson Insurance, is proud to offer 50 scholarship opportunities, valued at $1000 each, to eligible applicants. Deadline: July 15, 2021
To learn more about this exciting opportunity, visit Johnson.ca/scholarship. Programme debourses d'études 2021: Johnson.ca/fr/bourses-detudes.
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BC Retired Principals' & Vice-Principals' Association
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I love cooking, eating, and entertaining friends, so hosting a potluck is a pretty fun night if you ask me. A couple months ago, we had a few of my coworkers and their men over for a couples game night. It was a fun night, filled with delicious food and friendly competition.
We've had a few potlucks this year so I knew I had some good recipes I could whip up, but I wanted to try something new. I'd just bought two new cookbooks (Chuck's Day Off and Gather) and I was way to excited about them both. I decided to go with a recipe from Chuck's book. I eventually would like to try all the recipes. The majority aren't paleo or even gluten free, but he really knows his way around a kitchen. His restaurant, Garde Manger, in Montreal is one of my very favourites. If you ever find yourself in Montreal, I highly recommend you go for oysters, lobster poutine, and steak at his restaurant. Or try out Le Bremner. It is certainly on my list of must visits.
I settled on a cheese and tomato tart. It was relatively easy to make and was both beautiful and delicious. It was a lot like a pizza, but with a buttery phyllo pastry base. I remade it tonight and added prosciutto. It was a welcome addition and I'd definitely do it again. Can you really go wrong with prosciutto?
I also decided to make some mojitos. They're one of my favourite summer drinks. There's something so refreshing about a delicious mojito with fresh lime and mint. Not only that, but they're really simple and I was itching to bust out the shaker we got as a housewarming gift.
I'd put my camera away by the time we did dessert. Nathan made his delicious ginger molasses cookies and we picked up Salted Caramel gelato from Fiasco to make ice cream sandwiches. They were a pretty big hit.
All in all, it was an awesome evening with delicious food and great company! There are so many more recipes from both of my new cookbooks that I'm looking forward to trying. I take them to bed regularly and daydream about what recipe I'm going to try next. Maybe it's time for another potluck soon?


Join the Michigan Youth Jazz Orchestra as they perform an afternoon of a variety of big band repertoire.
PROGRAM: Debussy - Fêtes galantes I & II; Skelton - Williams Songs: Songs of Love, and of Loss; Brahms - Piano Trio in B Major, op. 8.